Do the JWs celebrate the Birth of Jesus as the Christmas?

Answer 1

No.

Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is Divine and of the same nature as God.

Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!

Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. They do NOT celebrate so-called "Christmas" because "Christmas" does NOT celebrate Christ; "Christmas" celebrates the pagan Saturnalia. Jesus was not even born in December. Nearly all so-called Christmas customs dishonor Christ.

(Jeremiah 10:2-5) This is what Jehovah has said: "Do not learn the way of the nations at all... 3 For the customs of the peoples are just an exhalation, because it is a mere tree out of the forest that one has cut down, the work of the hands of the craftsman with the billhook. 4 With silver and with gold one makes it pretty. With nails and with hammers they fasten them down, that none may reel. ...the doing of any good is not with them."

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By contrast, it's tragic that the one holiday Christ actually *DID* ask Christians to commemorate is entirely ignored by almost all of Christendom. It is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death, sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".

(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.”

(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.”


Christ Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have done so on the same Jewish calendar date as Jesus did, Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "Fourteen-ers", because the early Christians were well-known for this true holy day.

How would Jesus feel to learn that the holiday he commanded was widely ignored, while his so-called followers chose to celebrate a pagan false god and their own traditions of men? We don't need to wonder.

(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”

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Answer 2

JWs live up to bible standards by having nothing to do with pagan celebrations:

Wikipedia:

"A winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures. Reasons included less agricultural work needing to be done during the winter, as well as people expecting longer days and shorter nights after the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.[8] In part, the Christmas celebration was created by the early Church in order to entice pagan Romans to convert to Christianity without losing their own winter celebrations.[9][8] Certain prominent gods and goddesses of other religions in the region had their birthdays celebrated on December 25, including Ishtar, Sol Invictus and Mithras..."

"The Greeks were some of the first to celebrate birthdays with cakes, however these were the birthdays for the gods and goddesses. The celebration for the Greek moon god, Artemis, included a cake topped with lit candles."

JWs do however, celebrate Jesus' death (which Jesus told his deciples to do) - called comunion/mass by some.

Answer 3

No we don't celebrate Christmas due to its pagan nature. This is to Big Daddy...We do celebrate the Memorial of Jesus Christ. I mean no disrespect to you at all I am just correcting you. Many people assume that we don't celebrate anything, but in truth the Memorial is very important to us, and every witness on earth celebrates it on the same day. Chau bella!

Answer 4

No we do not celebrate Christmas because it is a pagan holiday in IS NOT the birth of Christ.
Although we are grateful that Jesus was born and died for our salvation......we do not celebrate his birth, but we honor his death as he commanded. Matthew 26:26-28

Answer 5

I am a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I don't celebrate Birthdays or Christmas do to their pagan origins/leanings.

I of course am glad Jesus was born and follow his command to honor his death.

Answer 6

The Lord Jesus Christ told his followers to do many things, which a lot of people who call themselves Christians ignore.

But they are eager to do something that Jesus never once told them to do, celebrate his birthday.

Go figure.

Answer 7

The Bible doesn't mention when Jesus was born. But it gives us a clue.

"There were also in that same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks. And suddenly Jehovah’s angel stood by them, and Jehovah’s glory gleamed around them, and they became very fearful. But the angel said to them: “Have no fear, for, look! I am declaring to you good news of a great joy that all the people will have, because there was born to you today a Savior, who is Christ [the] Lord, in David’s city." -- Luke 2:8-11

There are no "shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks" in December in Bethlehem because the weather is rainy and cold. So, Jesus was not born in December.


Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate only Christ’s Memorial since this is the only event that Jesus commanded his disciples to memorialize.

"... Keep doing this in remembrance of me." -- Luke 20:19


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Answer 8

JW's celebrate nothing.